Skull for animals&#39; heads and method of making same



Aug. 13, 192 9. BERNSTElN 1,724,744

SKULL FOR ANIMALS HEADS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME Filed Nov. 5, 1927 5 Aflap V INVENTOR:

605 BER/VS TE'IN,

Patented Aug. 13, 1929.

UNITED STATES JACOB BERNSTEIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SKULL FOR ANIMALS HEADS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME.

Application filed November This invention, generally stated, relates tofur neck pieces and particularly the animal heads thereof, and relatesmore especially to an artificial skull for use in connection therewith.

The leading object of the present invention'is to provide a new andnovel method of making an artificial skull such as is used in connectionwith animal heads in fur scarfs, boas, fur neck pieces, and similar furarticles to provide a strong, inexpensive, and durable skull piece.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an article ofthe character above stated in which the artificial, animallike skullpiece is adapted particularly for attachment to the end of a boa orsimilar fur piece, andis so formed or simulated as to provide a simple,realistic, and rigid skull piece shaped from'thin textile materialimpregnated with sizing material, as glue, such textile materialcomprising burlap, shoeduck, buckramate, and the like.

A further object of the present invention is'to provide an article ofthe character above stated in which there is applied .to the sizedtextile material upon its underside a fibrous member, as card-board, forcooperatively receiving a conventional boa or neck piece clasp.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a methodof animal, artificial skull product-ion in which in one operation askull piece is automatically formed to provide a simple, rigid, andinexpensive skull part impregnated with adhesive material, as glue,whereby the skin of an animal fur-piece may be caused to adhere to theartificial skull part without the application of further adhesive.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a method ofartificial skull formation for boa or neck piece use in which the skullpart of sized burlap or the like has stapled with respect thereto andupon the underside thereof a fibrous, horizontally arranged piece ofmaterial, preferably cardboard or the like.

Other and further objects not at this time more specifically referred towill be hereinafter set forth.

The invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter describedand finally Claimed.

The n a acteristic features. an

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scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings formingpart hereof, and in'which:

Fig. 1, is a view in plan of a piece of sized textile fabric in theoriginal state before being introduced to the stamping process.

Fig. 2, is a view in plan showing the same piece of fabric as operatedupon by a stamping machine.

Fig. 3, is a view in plan upon an enlarged scale illustrating theproduct shown in Fig. 2 with its surplus or excess material cuttherefrom to provide the finished product, and in addition havingstapled thereto the fibrous sheet shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 4, is a view in section taken upon the line 4--4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5, is a view in cross section taken upon the line 55 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6, is a view of the underside of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7, is a view of a neck piece or boa the animal head of which isprovided with a skull piece embodying the invention.

For the purpose of illustrating my inven tion I have shown in theaccompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred byme, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory andreliable results, although it is to be understood that the variousinstrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variouslyarranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to theprecise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalit-ies as hereinshown and described.

In the drawings, and referring more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, atthis time, I carry out my novel method of making animal artificialskulls by employing for the purpose a blank of shoe-duck, burlap,buckramate, or the like, which is designated by reference numeral 1 inFig. 1, which material may be of one, two or more plies, and is sized bythe application thereto of an adhesive as glue or the like. In orderproperly to prepare the blank as thus formed, which may be of anylength, for artificial skull formation, I introduce the blank to asuitable stamping machine. The blank 1 may be moist, dry, cold, or in aheated condition when introduced to the stamping machine, and thestamping machine forms the article shown in Fig. 2, in which thereference num el designates he sku p ec Th P- erator now cuts away fromthe skull piece 2 the marginal excess parts 3, see Fig. 2, to providethe conformation shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 6. The next step in theoperation is to provide upon the underside of the skull part thusproduced, which includes a nose piece 4-, a plate of fibrous material,as cardboard, which is designated by the reference numeral 5. This plate5 is secured to the nose piece t by means of staples 6 which may beintroduced by any conventional form of stapling machine. The purpose ofthis plate 5 is to provide convenient means for accommodating a furpiece conventional clamping member, not shown in the drawings, since thesame forms no part of the present invention. The completed article, asabove formed, is best seen in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6, and it is to benoted that the upper skull portion is formed upon a pronounced arc of acircle, which is of rigid and firm construction. Further, the article isformed and sold as a single unit, and is of very light and durableconstruction, and may be readily and cheaply made in two operations,namely: stamping of the burlap or other material employed, and staplingthereto the plate 5.

As previously referred to, the burlap is impregnated with glue or otheradhesive material so that when the animal head 7 of a fur neck piece 8is fitted over the artificial skull, it being understood that there issufficient moisture present either upon the fur or the skull for causingadhesion, the fur piece can be readily secured to the artificial skullexpeditiously without the application of additional adhesive properties,as is required where rubber, cork, or other conventional artificialskulls are employed.

The plate 5 is so fitted to the underside of the nose piece 4 that themarginal edges of the plate serve to maintain the projected or noseparts of the skull in rigid, firm, and regular position. In theconnection it is to be noted that the plate 5 fits within the marginaledges of the projected nose piece. The staples 6 are longitudinallyapplied and substantially parallel the long, parallel edges of the nosepart l.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and usefulconstruction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of theinvention and the above description andwhile I have in the present instance shown and described the preferredembodiment thereof which has been found in practice to give satisfactoryand reliable results, it is to be understood that the same issusceptible of modification in various particulars without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

Having thus described my invent-ion, what I claim as new, and desire toprotect by Letters Patent, is:

As a new article of manufacture, an anti ficial skull comprising anintegral member of fibrous material, as burlap, having projectedtherefrom a pointed nose part, a thin, flat card-board plate having apointed end, said plate being horizontally arranged within the nose partonly of said skull, and staples securing said plate in position, saidstaples being longitudinally disposed and substantially paralleling thelonger, edges of the nose part.

JACOB BERNSTEIN.

